Humenné weather in January

In January, Humenné sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Humenné's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Humenné's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
7:28 AM – 3:55 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Humenné is town in the Prešov Region in eastern Slovakia.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 17.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,064/km²
people per km²
Founded
1317

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Humenné reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Humenné

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Humenné weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°4911.18.98.50.0
Feb / -4°5110.37.99.80.0
Mar / -1°4810.53.711.61.2
Apr14° / 5811.41.113.44.1
May19° / 89140155.6
Jun23° / 12°9213.6015.96.2
Jul24° / 14°10913.7015.56.4
Aug24° / 13°7211.1014.26.8
Sep19° / 7210.2012.46.0
Oct13° / 659.90.310.53.7
Nov / 5810.53.58.90.8
Dec / -3°5711.48.68.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Humenné gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:33 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 3:38 PM to 4:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.17:333:38
28.17:333:39
38.17:333:40
48.17:333:41
58.27:323:42
68.27:323:43
78.27:323:44
88.27:323:45
98.37:313:46
108.37:313:48
118.37:313:49
128.37:303:50
138.47:303:51
148.47:293:53
158.47:293:54
168.57:283:55
178.57:273:57
188.57:273:58
198.67:263:59
208.67:254:01
218.67:244:02
228.77:234:04
238.77:224:05
248.87:214:07
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268.87:194:10
278.97:184:11
288.97:174:13
299.07:164:14
309.07:154:16
319.17:144:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.97 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Humenné?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Humenné.

What to pack for Humenné in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Humenné sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

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UV index in Humenné in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Humenné peaks around July 11 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
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Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Humenné in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Humenné is worst in June — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Humenné's WHO annual average of 17.7 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1922 µg/m³Dec 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Humenné?

Humenné sits at 48.9°N, 21.9°E, 152 m above sea level, in Slovakia. The nearest listed city is Vranov nad Topľou, 18 km away.

TrebišovUzhhorodPrešovKošiceBardejov

Topography around Humenné

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Humenné.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Humenné has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 256 m around an average of 200 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 950 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,382 m.

The land around Humenné is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (64%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
256 m
16 km
950 m
80 km
1,382 m
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January weather nearby: Vranov nad Topľou 18 km · Snina 18 km · Michalovce 20 km · Trebišov 37 km · Uzhhorod 44 km · Prešov 50 km · Košice 54 km · Bardejov 61 km

Slovakia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 58% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,544
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
6.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 606
Religion
Roman Catholic 56%none 24%Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession 5%Greek Catholic 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Humenné (48.9371°, 21.9163°, elevation 152 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).